prick

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++prick1 /prɪk/ verb  1  [transitive]HOLE to make a small hole in something using something sharp 刺（破），戳（穿），扎（穿） Prick the sausages before you grill them. 烤之前把香肠戳孔。prick yourself/prick your finger (=accidentally make a hole in your skin) 扎了自己/扎破手指 She had pricked her finger on a rose thorn. 她被玫瑰花刺扎破了手指。2  [intransitive, transitive]ROUGH/NOT SMOOTH if something pricks a part of your body, or if it pricks, you feel small sharp pains （使）〔身体的某个部位〕感到刺痛 → prickle Angry tears pricked her eyes. 愤怒的泪水刺痛了她的双眼。 a curious pricking sensation 一种不寻常的刺痛感3  prick somebody’s conscience GUILTY/FEEL GUILTYif something pricks someone’s conscience or their conscience pricks them, they feel guilty or ashamed 使某人的良心受到谴责，使某人的良心不安 Her conscience pricked her as she told the lie. 她撒谎的时候良心很不安。4  prick (up) its ears HBHLISTENif an animal pricks up its ears, it raises them to listen to a sound 〔动物〕竖起耳朵听 The rabbit stopped suddenly, pricking up its ears. 那只兔子突然停下来，竖起耳朵听。5  prick (up) your ears LISTENif you prick up your ears or your ears prick up, you listen carefully because you have heard something interesting 〔人〕仔细倾听 Jay pricked up his ears when I mentioned a vacation. 我提到假期时，杰伊竖起耳朵来仔细倾听。6.prick sth↔ out phrasal verb British English DLGto place young plants in soil after you have grown them from seed 移植〔幼苗〕→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

prick• A domestic goose is cooked when the juices from the breast run pale yellow when pricked.• A small bead of blood formed where she had pricked her finger.• She accidentally pricked herself with a contaminated needle.• How to reassure this woman when her question pricked his own uncertainty?• With a fork, prick holes in the cake layers.• When tender, the peel sinks to the bottom of the pan and you can prick it easily with a fork.• I pricked my ears up on that one.• Tears pricked my eyes and stung in my throat.• With the pricking of the Wall Street bubble, that theory is now itself history.• Prick the potatoes before baking them.• His ears pricked themselves to attention as he became aware of the master's mood.• Pale ears beneath a boyish crewcut were pricked up alertly.prick2 noun [countable]  1. person 人 taboo spokenUNPLEASANTINSULT a very offensive word for a stupid unpleasant man. Do not use this word. 蠢材，笨蛋；讨厌的家伙2. sex organ 性器官 informal not politeHBH a penis 阴茎3  point entering 刺入点 a) HOLEa slight pain you get when something sharp goes into your skin 刺痛 I didn’t feel the prick of the needle. 我感觉不到针的刺痛。 b) HOLE British English an act of pricking something 刺，戳，扎 Give the sausages a prick. 在香肠上扎孔。 → pinprick4  emotion 情感 a sudden slight feeling you get when you are unhappy about something 一阵不快nprick of She felt a prick of resentment when she saw them together. 看到他们在一起，她心里一阵愤愤不平。5. prick of conscience GUILTY/FEEL GUILTYan uncomfortable feeling that you have done something wrong 良心不安

Examples from the Corpus

prick• With each step, I felt a prick against my heel.• The lamb rolls fall apart with the first prick of the fork.• Blood was obtained by heel prick.• Blood was dripping from several pricks on his arm.• He felt a sudden sting like the prick of a needle in his back.Origin prick2 Old English prica

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prick

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prick¹ /prɪk/ verb
1. [transitive] to make a small hole in something using something sharp:
    Prick the sausages before you grill them.
    prick yourself/prick your finger (=accidentally make a hole in your skin)
    She had pricked her finger on a rose thorn.
2. [intransitive and transitive] if something pricks a part of your body, or if it pricks, you feel small sharp pains ⇨ prickle:
    Angry tears pricked her eyes.
    a curious pricking sensation
3. prick sb’s conscience if something pricks someone’s conscience or their conscience pricks them, they feel guilty or ashamed:
    Her conscience pricked her as she told the lie.
4. prick (up) its ears if an animal pricks up its ears, it raises them to listen to a sound:
    The rabbit stopped suddenly, pricking up its ears.
5. prick (up) your ears if you prick up your ears or your ears prick up, you listen carefully because you have heard something interesting:
    Jay pricked up his ears when I mentioned a vacation.
     
prick sth↔ out phrasal verb British English
  to place young plants in soil after you have grown them from seed

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prick² noun [countable]1.  PERSON spoken not polite a very offensive word for a stupid unpleasant man
2.  SEX ORGAN informal not polite a penis
3.  POINT ENTERING
  a. a slight pain you get when something sharp goes into your skin:
    I didn’t feel the prick of the needle.
  b. British English an act of pricking something:
    Give the sausages a prick. ⇨ pinprick
4.  EMOTION a sudden slight feeling you get when you are unhappy about something
    prick of
    She felt a prick of resentment when she saw them together.
5. prick of conscience an uncomfortable feeling that you have done something wrong
     

THESAURUS

■ to make a hole in something
   ▪ make a hole in something to cause a hole to appear in something: Make a hole in the bottom of the can using a hammer and nail.
   ▪ pierce to make a small hole in or through something, using a pointed object: The dog's teeth had pierced her skin. | Shelley wanted to have her ears pierced (=for earrings).
   ▪ prick to make a very small hole in the surface of something, using a pointed object: Prick the potatoes before baking them. | My finger was bleeding where the needle had pricked it.
   ▪ punch to make a hole through paper or flat material using a metal tool or other sharp object: I bought one of those things for punching holes in paper. | You have to get your ticket punched before you get on the train.
   ▪ puncture to make a small hole in something, especially something where skin or a wall surrounds a softer or hollow inside part: The bullet had punctured his lung.
   ▪ perforate formal to make a hole or holes in something: Fragments of the bullet had perforated his intestines.
   ▪ drill to make a hole using a special tool, often one which turns round and round very quickly: The dentist started drilling a hole in my tooth. | They won a contract to drill for oil in the area.
   ▪ bore to make a deep round hole through a rock, into the ground etc: They had to bore through solid rock. | The men were boring a hole for the tunnel.